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<p>That’s not what I said. Sometimes it is too difficult, and sometimes the opposite is true. I said, and I think you would agree, that certain majors, i.e. non-honors AS, are too easy.</p>
<p>When I hear that, I think of places where you have guaranteed housing for several years, are constantly around enlightened or opening minds, and don’t have to be stuck to the whims of crooked landlords, buses, and hobos to get to your classes. Maybe I have an idyllic view of what a university should be, but just seems to me (and this is probably true of a lot of state schools) is that after the first or second years, a lot of students become socially isolated to their roommates, if they have them, unless they are proactive about joining organizations – but then it gets hard when classes are intense – and fall into vicious cycles of isolation, loneliness, and depression. I joined a fraternity because I’m not the socially most proactive person on Earth, so it forced me to get out of my shell and safety zone because we had to constantly entertain.</p>
<p>I could not agree with this more.</p>
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<p>I’m only reading the posts that pertain to me, not the essays that no one will ever read. Your posting quoting me was the only thing I read, I see you wrote several other ones and I doubt that anyone will care what you’ve written.</p>
<p>Everyone here already gets that you’re an unpleasant person anonymous. You can really stop trying so hard to convince us of this.</p>
<p>Hey, I like reading the essays, especially Sakky’s essays. They make me smile each time. I can just imagine Sakky as a cute girl angrily typing away harsh criticisms of Berkeley and I think, man what an adorable personality. Yeah, you can call me a chauvinist or an objectifier of women. But, my personification of Sakky is probably more wonderful than reality. Oh, Sakky!</p>
<p>@rainforest: that was unnecessary.</p>
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Interesting point. For me it was the exact opposite: it was Berkeley’s long tradition of liberalism that almost deterred me from attending the school. I hated the city of Berkeley the moment I first visited. I hated the horrible service by BART, AC Transit, and the post office. Service workers who were overpaid and did not do their job. Workers who were rude, inconsiderate, and a waste of taxpayer money</p>
<p>I hated the fact that every street corner had a hobo, some belligerent, some going as far as to steal your stuff when you aren’t watching. I hated the fact that 40% of the Bay Area’s homeless were chilling in Berkeley, many of whom were perfectly capable of work but chose to pursue a “free lifestyle” of drugs and alcohol and lived off of the pity of college students.</p>
<p>I hated the liberal arts classes like education, where day after day all I learned was how the white dominant culture oppressed all others. How the failures of minorities was solely due to the unfair social structure instituted by a heartless Caucasian majority. </p>
<p>I hated the constant protests, students who chanted a stupid slogan and screamed profanities at “brutal” police without bothering to try and figure out how to solve the issues.</p>
<p>Andrew, you say you hate those crazy far left students who are “dogmatic” but it seems like you were one of them. You came into college with the idealistic view that you can learn anything and that you would expect to get a job after graduation. That just by putting in hard work, you deserve to earn credit. But the reality isn’t so. You can’t come to college with one mindset, and then become completely distraught because it isn’t what you turned out to be. The people who have succeeded and are genuinely happy are not smarter, more talented, or luckier than the rest of the population. They are able to come in with an open mind and can constantly adopt to the situation. As JFK would say, it is not what the university can do for you. Sometimes you have to get out of the backseat and take the steering wheel. You can’t blame your problems on other people. Look in yourself and see what needs to be fixed</p>
<p>Why does it have to be a woman who calls out a man to be a chauvinist? I think I can identify a male chauvinist too when he says, “Go make me a sandwich *****.”</p>
<p>lol rainforest.</p>
<p>why can’t we all just get along?</p>
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<p>Dude, if you don’t like it, don’t read it. Nobody has a gun to your head. If I choose to write essays that nobody ever reads and nobody cares about, that’s my problem, isn’t it? Why do you care?</p>
<p>I don’t, that’s why I don’t read them…haven’t you been paying attention?</p>
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<p>Good. Then you shouldn’t be bothered by them, so why do you care? Like I asked, what’s it to you how other people choose to spend their time? Or haven’t you been paying attention?</p>
<p>no, I haven’t been paying attention…would you like to know why? </p>
<p>Because I don’t care.</p>
<p>(circular logic for the win/loss :D)</p>
<p>I totally lost track…</p>
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<p>So why do you keep responding? I thought you said you weren’t paying attention and didn’t care.</p>
<p>^Because it’s important to him to let everyone know how that he is above this discussion and that he clearly doesn’t read anything here</p>
<p>thank you! </p>
<p>(and I’m not a him)</p>
<p>anonymousername, wanna meet me for a romantic dinner in the luxurious Cafe 3? I’m 5’6 and 230 pounds. Not that it should be a problem right? If you reject me I’ll really be the saddest kid in Berkeley. LOL.</p>
<p>how bout now…scott</p>
<p>i assume this is the end of this little back-and-forth :D:(</p>
<p>ooh she called you out.</p>